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Julie Van de Kamp discusses the impact of freight data and AI on the trucking industry.

In this episode of Behind the Wheelhouse on Trucker Talk Radio, Julie Van de Kamp, Chief Marketing and Operations Officer at Sonar, joins Jon and Justin to break down what freight intelligence actually looks like in practice, and why the data behind $125 billion in freight is changing how every level of the industry makes decisions. Julie shares how she got into trucking almost by accident, grew up around the industry, and spent nearly two decades at US Xpress moving through pricing, brokerage, customer experience, sales, and ultimately president of Dedicated, where she was responsible for roughly 3,000 drivers and trucks. She brings that operational depth to her current role at Sonar, where she translates complex freight data into tools that shippers, carriers, 3PLs, and financial institutions can actually use. The conversation covers a lot of ground: how AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini are reshaping daily workflows in trucking, why companies that ignore AI are taking a real long-term risk, and how freight pricing is shifting from gut instinct to algorithm-driven decisions. Julie also weighs in on freight fraud, the CH Robinson broker liability case at the Supreme…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jon Vogt, Justin

Guest: Julie Van de Kamp

Topics covered

• freight data
• AI in trucking
• industry decision making
• freight pricing
• career in trucking
• safety and security

Keywords

• freight intelligence
• AI tools
• trucking industry
• data-driven decisions
• freight fraud
• driver verification
• work-life balance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sonar, US Xpress, CH Robinson

Products: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini

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